Ce vor învăţa liceenii din clasele a XI-a şi a XII-a bilingv engleză la noul opţional de Cultură şi civilizaţie engleză

Elevii din ultimii ani de liceu înscrişi la clasele de bilingv engleză au de anul acesta la dispoziţie un opţional gândit de ministerul Educaţiei astfel încât să-şi completeze cunoştinţele despre cultura americană şi cea din Marea Britanie, de la comunicare şi tehnologie în aceste medii anglofone, sport, stil de viaţă educaţie, pâna la sisteme politice, pieţe globale, societate sau arte.

Ministrul Educaţiei Naţionale, Remus Pricopie, a aprobat la mijlocul lunii octombrie programa şcolară pentru această disciplină opţională, pe care o pot alege liceenii din anui terminali din clasele de bilingv engleză.

”Elevii vor avea posibilitatea, astfel, să cunoască mai multe informaţii despre valorile anglofone, aportul culturilor britanice şi americane la patrimoniul cultural universal, aspecte geografice, tradiţii şi obiceiuri ale spaţiului anglo-saxon. De asemenea, programa pune accent pe dezvoltarea gândirii autonome, critice şi reflexive în limba engleză”, a explicat atunci oficialul.

Ce conţine mai exact programa noului curs opţional:

Clasa a XI-a

1. Communication and technology

•  The English language and new technology
•  UK tabloid and broadsheet newspapers
•  The Internet
•  Text messages
•  Globalisation

2. Sport and leisure

•  The Commonwealth Games: Britain and its ex-colonies
•  Extreme sports in Australia
•  Leisure time in shopping malls and on holiday
•  Reality-TV programmes and soaps
•  The Great American Outdoors
•  Traditional travelling and the exchange of values
•  Sports and Leisure activities

3. Lifestyles

•  Daily routines
•  Houses and house swaps
•  Modern and traditional families
•  Shopping
•  Family and Leisure activities
•  Cultural diversity
•  Disruption of the traditional family
•  Baby Boomers, Generation X, the Millennials (Generation Y)
•  Survival of the fittest

4. Education

•  Education in Britain and America (SAT, ACT, Ivy League)
•  The state vs. the independent school system
•  High school culture
•  Higher education, adult and lifelong education
•  On-line education
•  Multiculturalism
•  Downplaying European heritage

Clasa a XII-a

1. States and systems

•  British and American politics
•  The British parliament and the British monarchy
•  The US constitution and legal system, the Electoral College, the Supreme Court
•  The United Nations Organization
•  The American cultural invasion
•  Safeguarding resources and stability worldwide
•  National celebrations / national days

2. Society

•  Immigration and citizenship
•  Discrimination
•  Children and childcare
•  Care of the elderly
•  Human rights

3. Global markets

•  The global supermarket
•  Downshifting: escaping from a stressful lifestyle
•  Modern communication and travel: the shrinking world
•  The UK’s relationship with the EU
•  Globalisation and anti-globalisation
•  Freedom of enterprise
•  Flexibility in the economy
•  Shifting focus from blue-collar to white-collar
•  Consumer society
•  Advertising

4. The arts

•  Modern art in the UK and the USA
•  Musicals in London theatres
•  The cinema
•  Architecture in the UK and the USA
•  Music trends and popular culture
•  International modernism, postmodernism